法華義疏 3.100

3.100

就前後二段各開四別。初文四者：第一、略開三顯一動執生疑；第二、執動疑生申疑致請；第三、廣開三顯一斷疑生信；第四、辨流通。所以有此四段者，今日時眾宜大機已動，應開一乘之說，但執三來久未得廣明，且略開三顯一以動執生疑也。稟教之流忽聞非常之說，故執動疑生、申疑致請。執動有可除之義，疑生有可解之理，既其有請故受請廣說，破彼三執、斷其一疑、生於信解，此一周說竟。欲遠被未來，故次辨流通。

With respect to the two sections, preceding and following, each is divided into four parts. The four parts of the initial text are: first, briefly opening the three and revealing the one to shake attachments and give rise to doubt; second, when attachments are shaken and doubt arises, expressing doubt and presenting an entreaty; third, extensively opening the three and revealing the one to sever doubt and give rise to faith; fourth, explaining the dissemination. The reason there are these four sections is that the present assembly's capacity for the Great [Vehicle] was already activated, and it was appropriate to open the teaching of the ekayāna; however, their attachment to the three had lasted so long that it could not yet be extensively clarified, so [the Buddha] briefly opens the three and reveals the one to shake attachments and give rise to doubt. The followers who had received the teaching suddenly heard an unprecedented exposition, so their attachments were shaken and doubt arose, leading them to express doubt and present an entreaty. That attachments were shaken meant they could be eliminated; that doubt arose meant it could be resolved. Since they made an entreaty, he accepted the entreaty and spoke extensively, shattering those three attachments, severing that one doubt, and giving rise to faith and understanding—this completes the first cycle of preaching. Wishing to reach far into the future, he next explains the dissemination.